Re: Brinks Alarms: Beware of the Fuel Surcharge Tax

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Jul 29, 9:24=EF=BF=BDpm, "Petem" <petem...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > tourman wrote:
> >> On Jul 29, 1:23 pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> On Jul 29, 12:12 pm, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >>>> On Jul 23, 12:56 am, Frank Olson
> >>>> <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> Their truck charge is a rip off. I'm surprised their customers
> >>>> "stay" their customers.
> >>>> RHC: Good question ! Hey, I know....they're likely locked into a lon=
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> >>>> term contract and can't leave.......:))
> >>> It's more likely the end user was too stupid to realize that you don'=
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> >>> get something for nothing and that going with a national company to
> >>> get a "Free" alarm system if the first sign of a rip off.
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> >> RHC: Well finally you post something that we can agree on.....
> >>> Let me put it in terms you might understand.
> >>> It's not the gun that commits the crime, it's the person holding it.
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> >> RHC: Absolutely !! Good analogy.....
> >>> Likewise .............
> >>> It's not the long term contract that holds the customer against his
> >>> will with bad service, it's the company who wields it.
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> >> RHC: Damn ! There's hope for you yet....
> >>> Somebody please re-post this.
> >>> Thanks.
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> >> RHC: No need. I didn't bother to put your filter back on yet since I
> >> wanted to see if you planned to spew more hate towards RLB. I hope you
> >> are enjoying gloating over his misfortune.
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> >> BTW, my post was a "tongue in cheek", lighthearted post to take a poke
> >> in the ribs at Frank's comment (and I'm sure everyone but you saw
> >> that...). If a customer pays for his system fully up front AND is
> >> stupid enough to also sign into a long term contract that doesn't do a
> >> damn thing for him, so be it ! A fool and his money are soon
> >> parted.......
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> >> I just had a new client who had to pay out $850 to buy his way out of
> >> a contract in order to come to me for decent service (and that's after
> >> buying his system fully up front).
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> >> And that's no "poke"......(nor do I intend to continue this tired old
> >> line about long term contracts)
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> > In the case of Edwards/GE, it's not a "long term contract" you sign... =
You
> > buy their equipment and you're locked in to their service. =EF=BF=BDTha=
t includes
> > the price gouging. =EF=BF=BDWe bought a smoke module for a 6500 system =
about a
> > year ago. =EF=BF=BDThey charged us $542.00. =EF=BF=BDWhen you look at t=
he card there's
> > maybe $20.00 in parts on it and the board looks like someone used a dre=
mel
> > tool to cut out. =EF=BF=BDI built better projects in my electronics cla=
ss in Grade
> > 11 and 12. =EF=BF=BDSheesh!!!
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> are you talking about a 6500 custom panel?
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> if so this dinosaurus should be removed.. not repaired!!
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> but i can understand you.. this thing is unkillable
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> at one of my old customer place there was one, a waste pipe brock close t=
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> it and all the toilet from the 2nd floor to the 4ft floor dropped there
> stuff on a jonction box (not closed of course , been left open by a edwar=
ds
> guys after a small inspection) let me tell you that it was a mess..
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> the customer was a catholic school for girls (where girls sleep there) an=
d
> of course didnt had any money to spare on a new panel.. well after a few =
day
> of cleanning all the parts and drying the main box , it started back.. we
> got a few card to replace ( bells output) but it was working.. the bell
> didnt ring when wast water came to it cause it was shorted at first ..-

That's the "crappiest" story I've heard in a long time.